Change in Friendship Homophily: A German Israeli Comparison of Adolescent Immigrants

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 410-428

  Titzmann, Peter F ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a   Mesch, Gustavo S ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

acculturation; adolescent immigrants; friendship homophily; longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858203009     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111399648     Document Type: Article

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